The city of Muenster, TX is located in Cooke County in the state of Texas and has a population of approximately 2,500. As a small rural town, Muenster is home to a close-knit community and local politics are heavily influenced by its residents. The city government is led by an elected mayor and five aldermen who are responsible for a wide range of tasks such as maintaining public safety, developing public infrastructure, and providing services for the community. Additionally, several local organizations exist to provide resources and support to citizens. Elections for mayor and aldermen are held every two years with the most recent election taking place in November 2020. Residents had the opportunity to choose from two candidates for mayor: incumbent Mayor Mike Johnson and challenger Charles Henley. Ultimately, Mayor Johnson was reelected with over 75% of the vote. The next election will be held in 2022 where residents will have the chance to select their representatives once again.
The political climate in Muenster, TX is strongly conservative.
Cooke County, TX is very conservative. In Cooke County, TX 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cooke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.9%.
Cooke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Muenster, TX is strongly conservative.
Cooke County, Texas is very conservative.
Gainesville Metro Area is very conservative.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Muenster, Texas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Muenster, TX
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $20,658 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)